Dame Fortune is the sixth studio album by RJD2 .[ 1] It was released on RJ's Electrical Connections on March 25, 2016.[ 2] Recorded in Philadelphia , it features guest appearances from Jordan Brown, Son Little , Phonte Coleman , Blueprint , and Josh Krajcik .[ 3]
Critical reception
At Metacritic , which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[ 4]
David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, calling it "a culmination album with an artist's evolution pushing things forward with all his strengths in tow."[ 5] Meanwhile, Adam Kivel of Consequence of Sound gave the album a grade of C+, saying: "The entirety of the record, in fact, feels like it's trailing a few years behind."[ 7]
Uproxx placed it at number 13 on the "Best Experimental and Electronic Albums of 2016" list.[ 12]
Track listing
Title 1. "A Portal Inward" 2:47 2. "The Roaming Hoard" 2:33 3. "Peace of What" (featuring Jordan Brown) 3:29 4. "The Sheboygan Left" 4:50 5. "A New Theory" 2:04 6. "We Come Alive" (featuring Son Little ) 4:34 7. "PF, Day One" 4:55 8. "Saboteur" (featuring Phonte Coleman ) 3:59 9. "Your Nostalgic Heart and Lung" 4:42 10. "Up in the Clouds" (featuring Blueprint ) 4:48 11. "Band of Matron Saints" (featuring Josh Krajcik ) 4:02 12. "Portals Outward" 1:20
References
↑ Brown, Eric Renner (January 6, 2016). "RJD2 announces new album Dame Fortune" . Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved March 26, 2016 .
↑ Reed, Ryan (January 6, 2016). "RJD2 Mines Philly Soul, Social Unrest on New LP, 'Dame Fortune' " . Rolling Stone . Retrieved March 26, 2016 .
↑ Camp, Zoe (January 6, 2016). "RJD2 Returns With New Album Dame Fortune, Shares "Peace of What" " . Pitchfork . Retrieved March 26, 2016 .
↑ 4.0 4.1 "Dame Fortune by RJD2" . Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved June 5, 2018 .
↑ 5.0 5.1 Jeffries, David. "RJD2 - Dame Fortune" . AllMusic . Retrieved March 26, 2016 .
↑ Dolan, Jack (April 1, 2016). "RJD2 - Dame Fortune" . Clash . Retrieved June 5, 2018 .
↑ 7.0 7.1 Kivel, Adam (March 24, 2016). "RJD2 – Dame Fortune" . Consequence of Sound . Retrieved March 26, 2016 .
↑ Young, Martyn (March 25, 2016). "RJD2 - Dame Fortune" . DIY . Retrieved June 7, 2018 .
↑ Keating, Daryl (March 23, 2016). "RJD2: Dame Fortune" . Exclaim! . Retrieved March 26, 2016 .
↑ Bisnoff, Jason (April 1, 2016). "RJD2 - Dame Fortune" . HipHopDX . Retrieved June 7, 2018 .
↑ Cataldo, Jesse (March 20, 2016). "RJD2: Dame Fortune" . Slant Magazine . Retrieved March 26, 2016 .
↑ "The Best Experimental And Electronic Albums Of 2016" . Uproxx . December 30, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2018 .
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